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I AM DISCOVERY CHURCH WITH TOBY YORK

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My story:
 A youth filled with camping, hiking and travel:

Mexico, Canada, Europe, East Europe, Great Britain, Scandinavia, Russia
Lake Powell, Havasupai, Grand Canyon, Colorado river, Top of Half Dome, Bear Valley in Glacier National Park, Banff, Jasper, Lake Louise, and the list goes on…
Competition biking, climbing, and running
Jobs from selling parts to painting fences on a 75 square mile ranch, to remodeling houses.
A home filled with high achievers. There was plenty of talk about DOING, not much about BEING. God was never mentioned.
Who am I? Toby, husband… Dad… Brother, son, friend, leader.
I have a vision map to guide my DOING that makes me quite proud! Prescott Peaks Real Estate Group, The Hike Shack, PhantomTek Software, Rugged Trail Tours (again someday!), York Co Investments, and Kams Naturals.
Thanks to Kam I’ve learned a lot more about BEING! Over the past fourteen years she has taught me that it’s ok to just stay home on a Saturday and enjoy my family! That dinner is a time to share with each other and catch back up on our days. That meditation and prayer are good for the soul and that Sunday dinner at grandmas puts the world back into perspective!
You see I grew up in a home filled with accomplishments and masters in communication… Except for love. I’ve talked with my father three times in four years. He hasn’t been in my home since 2006. And that was to tell me that he and his NEW wife would not be coming to Thanksgiving, ever.
On the other hand my Mother would cut off her right arm and give it to me if she thought it would help! Without my father, her love now shines free and brightens all of our lives!
I am a newbie to Discovery church, but am jumping in with both feet! I love how raw and true this community is! And I have so much to learn…
August 24th 2013 I learned that I had stage four cancer of the parotid gland that had spread down my neck. September 26th I got to have my first ever surgery. A radical dissection of the parotid and neck removing 40 nodes and tumors.
After surgery, in true Kam fashion we celebrated with a family trip to Disney Land! We all had a great time and Wilson had a blast! Grampi and I rode our motor scooters to keep up and we ended the day with that fantastic parade filled with joy and love!
Back to AZ we interviewed four oncologists before finally finding Sarah Kratz at UofA medical center who believed I could live through this cancer! So we moved to Tucson for three joyous months of Chemo and 33 radiation treatments. Amazingly our time in our little Tucson house was great. I was a bear for Kam to deal with and spent two months in a chair or laying in bed, but it became our sanctuary! Kam is amazing at creating a safe and secure home filled with love and that’s what she did for our cancer battle! We had our daily routine of driving across town for radiation treatment at 11. Then lunch on the go while Ws slept in the back seat. I was able to drive most of the time and we explored our new town a little more each day!
We returned to Prescott in January with high expectations of our “normal” lives, but the brunt of my treatment set in with my white and red blood cell counts crashing in February and March forcing another few months in bed. The left side of my face had been paralyzed from surgery as the main tumor had grown around my facial nerve. Amazingly it regenerated in this time and I could smile and close my eye again!
I’ve had a pretty amazing career so far having sold nearly half a billion dollars in cars, twelve million plus in homes and over two million in outdoor gear. This has been accomplished with so much help and through so may awesome relationships. There have been huge failures and successes! Letdowns, lost relationships, kin ships, and lifelong relationships earned. Looking forward the sky’s the limit. The focus is much more on BEING and on WHO I AM than on DOING!
My big why… That one thing that drives me deeper than anything else, is that when we are 80 Kam and I are sitting on a beautiful deck that we own. We are surrounded by our family who love us and most important… Kam still likes me! We can still talk at dinner and laugh often together in life and love!
Who am I? I’m Toby, Husband, Dad, Brother, Son, Leader… I am Discovery!

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OUTDOOR GEAR GIVE AWAY

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Got too much outdoor gear? Need some outdoor gear?
Sunday, August 3, give some… get some.

https://vimeo.com/102287675

Yes,Outdoor Gear Share at Discovery Church.
Bring what you have too much of and share it with someone who might need it.
Crossroads Center, Prescott College. 10:00 am after the morning service.
If you love the outdoors and you know someone that does this is for you.

www.discoveryprescott.com
A community of faith, hope and love

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I AM DISCOVERY WITH MARK MONTAGUE

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Well I am a twin and have 1 older brother 3 older sisters 2 step brothers 2 step sisters. 10 of us.  I went to college for 2 years and went to Nationals on  the track team 2 years in a row and became All American in the 4 x 100 relay. And as an adult I had a pretty good life financially and God decided I had enough and made me a better man to my family and took just about everything away from me The accomplishment would be rebuilding my family and being truly   – Mark Montague

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I AM DISCOVERY CHURCH

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WHO IS DISCOVERY CHURCH?

I’ve been asking myself that question for about a year now…..Trying to wrap my heart around who is it and what it is that makes up this unique one of a kind tribe.

The best way to describe Discovery is to hear the stories of the people of Discovery.

These one liners are just the tip of the iceberg from the TRIBE SCRIBES themselves.

I was a rebellious teenager .
and I am a living testimony of His forgiving love.
I am a fire dancer, a biology professor, and a dance coach
a high school and college cheerleader.
I’m an Arizona native.
I am a skilled-very experienced welder.
I am a twin .
I am an All American in the 4 x 100 relay.
I accepted their help.
I am free from the control of drugs and alcohol.
I am a white water river guide.
I love studying the word of God.
I am a teacher.
I’m honored to still have those friends in my life.
I am letting myself decrease so Christ could increase..
I am a survivor of several airplane crashes.
I adopted a teenage girl who needed a family..
I raced Pikes Peak on a quad three times.
I organize a performance car rally race in Prescott.
I have a Theology and Missions Degree. .
I am a surfer , Mountaineer, Skier,
I am a lover of the outdoors.
I am a peddler of hope.
I am a musician.
I am a cancer survivor.
I am A business owner.
I lived in India for almost a year
I survived the trifecta of amoebic dysentery, typhoid, and dengue all at the same time.
I have assisted in surgery using nothing but a sharp kitchen knife and assisted a birth on public transit bus.
I am an Artist, Poet, Painter.
are I am NOT a morning person.
I am thankful.
I am a marathon runner.
I have never understood the bible (but I did finally give in and buy one today).
Who am I? I’m Husband, Dad, Mother, sister, daughter, friend , Brother, Son, Leader , believer, learner…

I am Discovery!

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Tattoo Part Two

TATTOOED – Part 2
Free From Being Labeled
Pastor Steve Lummer

The Label and the Lid in Luke 7

“A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. 38 As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them. 39 When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a sinner.” Luke 7:37-39 (NIV)

1. Labels DISTORT or DEFINE our identity.

How do we get labeled ?
“People move from making an observation of our behavior to making a judgement about our character .”

DO YOU HAVE A LABEL TABLE? – (3rd grade reading table)
Listening – Believing – Speaking

The labels the world puts on you is based on your BEHAVIOR and PERFORMANCE.
The labels God gives you is based on your IDENTITY and PURPOSE.

The only one who has the right to label you is the one who created you.
“he would know ….what kind of woman she is—that she is a sinner.” vs. 39
“for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” – 1 Sam. 16:7

2. Lids RESTRAIN or RELEASE our potential.
Vs. 36 – she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume…..she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them

LIDS are the areas of our lives that we refuse to surrender to God.
GO/GROW/GIVE/TRUST?
1 John 1:9 – But if we confess our sins to God, he will keep his promise and do what is right: he will forgive us our sins and purify us from all our wrongdoing. (GNT)

The TATTOO of the SOUL.
“Your sins are forgiven” – Luke 7:48

Your LABELS are changed and your LIDS removed !

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We Can Only Carry So Much.

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Reaching Out For Help Blows!

God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble—James 4:6

So, carrying burdens is something for which we are built . . . and something which we are supposed to do, as men. God designed us, built us, intends us—to lend our strength to others, to those who need it. “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ” (Galatians 6:2). The problem is, most of us read Scripture one way only: that we are to carry burdens for others. Few read it the other way: that we must allow others to carry our burdens too. We don’t really like that reading. That reading causes our pride to rise up.

Like it or not, though, any one of us can carry only so much. Sure, we can “gut it out” with burdens that are too heavy . . . for a while, at least. Before long, however, they begin to grind us down. Anger, anxiety, burnout, depression and despondency, isolation and loneliness, or rebellion and sin emerge . . . simply because we’re neither designed, nor built, nor intended to carry our burdens alone. “One’s pride will bring him low” (Proverbs 29:23).

Okay, so what do we do?
Is there something you’re carrying that’s feeling too heavy? The burden of being a provider? Fears about finances . . . about work? The burden of children living up to expectations, in school, in athletics? A hidden sin? A hidden addiction? Another burden, perhaps?
If so, look around for that person with whom God intends you to share it . . . your friend, your wife. Go to them today. Die to pride. Let them in. Explain the situation and let them respond. Fulfilling the law of Christ also means that we must, sometimes, surrender our pride, surrender the images we have of ourselves, get over ourselves, and ask for help. We are meant to live free and fast and light . . . and together.

Live heavy …Travel light.

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Cords Of Three

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CORDS OF THREE
Pastor Steve Lummer
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. Ecclesiastes 4:12

Everyone needs a “THIRD PLACE”

First place is our HOME.
Second place is our WORK.
Third place is our COMMUNITY.

THREE COMMUNITY KILLERS
Hurry/Worry/Slurry

First – take seriously the deep human hunger for a third place.

The smells of: Compassion, kindness, humility, meekness and patience, transparency authenticity.
“For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.” – 2 Corinthians 2:15
Second – remember that “everything matters.”
Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14 And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. 15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. – Colossians 3:13-15
Our goal – not to see THROUGH each other but to see each other THROUGH.

Third – extend our third place into the marketplace.
Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. 17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. – Colossians 3:16,17
OUR THIRD PLACE
CONNECT WITH  – CARE FOR  – CONTRIBUTE TO

Why should you?

Because we are a MODERN DAY WELL
John 4:13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

Here is the video from this weeks message.

 

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